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Air-Sea Volatile Organics
Project
A new reaction pathway for new particle formation during α-pinene ozonolysis
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It was proposed that addition of the OH radical to the α-pinene double bond followed by isomerization, which accompanies ring opening, could be one of the key steps in producing extremely-low volatility organic compounds as nucleating agents during α-pinene ozonolysis.
PUBLICATION
Inomata, S. (2021), New Particle Formation Promoted by OH Reactions during α-Pinene Ozonolysis, ACS Earth Space Chem. 2021, 5, 8, 1929–1933, https://doi.org/10.1021/acsearthspacechem.1c00142
Sekimoto, K, Fukuyama, D, Inomata, S. Accurate identification of dimers from α-pinene oxidation using high-resolution collision-induced dissociation mass spectrometry. J Mass Spectrom. 2020; 55:e4508. https://doi.org/10.1002/jms.4508